ARTICLE;
EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE;
HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT;
HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION;
HOSPITAL;
HOSPITALIZATION;
MEDICAL DECISION MAKING;
MEDICAL RESEARCH;
PATIENT SATISFACTION;
CANADA;
HEALTH CARE DELIVERY;
HEALTH CARE QUALITY;
HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH;
HUMAN;
ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT;
PATIENT TRANSPORT;
STANDARD;
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;
ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS;
EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL;
EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL;
HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY;
HUMANS;
ONTARIO;
ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES;
PATIENT TRANSFER;
QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;
Impact of delayed transfer of critically ill patients from the emergency department to the intensive care unit
Chalfin D., Trzeciak S., Likourezos A., Baumann B.M., and Dellinger R.P. Impact of delayed transfer of critically ill patients from the emergency department to the intensive care unit. Critical Care Medicine 35 6 (2007) 1477-1483
Canadian Institute for Health Information. Understanding emergency department wait times: Access to inpatient beds and patient flow (2007), Author, Ottawa, ON
The times they are a-changing: What worked and what we learned in deploying Ontario's wait time information system
Macleod H., Hudson A., Kramer S., and Martin M. The times they are a-changing: What worked and what we learned in deploying Ontario's wait time information system. Healthcare Quarterly 12 (2009) 8-15
An Expert Working Group reporting to the Physician Hospital Care Committee on Hospital Emergency Department Overcrowding. A Tripartite Committee of the Ontario Hospital Association, the Ontario Medical Association and the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
Bell R, Willett J, Oliver J. Improving access to emergency care: Addressing system issues; 2006. An Expert Working Group reporting to the Physician Hospital Care Committee on Hospital Emergency Department Overcrowding. A Tripartite Committee of the Ontario Hospital Association, the Ontario Medical Association and the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care.
Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, Toronto, ON
Improving access to emergency services: A system commitment. The Report of the Hospital Emergency Department and Ambulance Effectiveness Working Group (2005), Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, Toronto, ON
A framework for the continual improvement of health care: Building and applying professional and improvement knowledge to test changes in daily work
Batalden P., and Stolz P. A framework for the continual improvement of health care: Building and applying professional and improvement knowledge to test changes in daily work. The Joint Commission Journal on Quality Improvement 19 10 (1993) 424-447